Summer Term Events 2010
4 May 2010, Cañada Blanch Room (J116), Cowdray House, 5:30-7pm
The right of identity. Human rights and religious freedom in contemporary Egypt
-- Daniele Bolazzi, Dept. of Middle East and Mediterranean Studies, King's College London
De-Secularizing 'Bare Life': Religion, Identity and Critical Human Security
-- Giorgio Shani, Dept. of Politics and Int'l Relations, Int'l Christian University, Tokyo
18 May 2010 (Extra-ordinary session), Cañada Blanch Room (J116), Cowdray House, 5:30-7pm
Religious Influences on American Public Attitudes on Foreign Policy
-- Professor Jim Guth, Dept. of Political Science, Furman University, USA
1 June 2010, Cañada Blanch Room (J116), Cowdray House, 5:30-7pm
Reclaiming our natural faith: The Nation of Islam in 1930s Detroit
-- Dawn-Marie Gibson, Department of History, Royal Holloway, University of London
Speaking of continuity. Religious change and moral dilemmas among Christian Bidayuhs in Malaysian Borneo
-- Liana Chua, Gonville & Caius College, University of Cambridge
Michaelmas Term Events 2010
Demographics and the future of religion and of secularism
3 November 2010, 5:30-7pm, COW J116, Cowdray House, LSE
Dr. Eric Kaufmann (Department of Politics, Birkbeck College) on 'Shall the religious Inherit the Earth?'
Social welfare and social representation
1 December 2010, 5:30-7pm, COW J116, Cowdray House, LSE
Dr. Ipek Goecmen (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies) on 'The Politics of Religiously Motivated Welfare Provision: The Turkish case in Comparative Perspective'
Rev'd Stephen Headley (Anthropological Observatory on the Russian Orthodox Church, French National Centre for Scientific Research) on 'The Crisis of Representation: case studies from the United States, Indonesia, and the Russian Federation'
Lent Term Events 2010
Money Matters. Live and Let buy? Consumerism, Secularisation and Liberalism
Thursday 4 February 2010, J116, Cowdray House, 5:30 - 7:00pm
Guy Ben-Porat (Department of Public Policy and Administration, Ben-Gurion University, Israel)
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Spiritualised Work, Recession and Self?
Thursday 4 February 2010, J116, Cowdray House, 5:30 - 7:00pm
John Cullen (Department of Business and Law at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth)
Intolerance and Persecution of Religious Deviance Within Islam: The Case of the Ahmadiyya Community in Indonesia
Thursday 4 March 2010, J116, Cowdray House, 5:30 - 7:00pm
John Sidel (Department of Government, LSE)
Seminar on Muslim identities: Muslim identity in the British educational landscape, and Bosnian Muslim identity in integration patterns in New England
Thursday 6 May 2010, J116, Cowdray House, 5:30 - 7:00pm
Seminar on religion, immigration and the far right: the cases of Greece and Britain
Thursday 3 June 2010, J116, Cowdray House, 5:30 - 7:00pm
Michaelmas Term Events 2009
What I Believe
Wednesday 14 October 2009, Old Theatre, Old Building, 6:30pm
Professor Tariq Ramadan (Oxford University)
The Future of Christianity
Wednesday 18 November 2009, Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, 6:30pm
Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch (Oxford University)